Essay About John Proctor And Evil Little Abigail Williams

What began as a game played with a young woman who was one of a number of women found to carry out the Salem witch trials had turned into a series of tragedies that took place across the country. Two of them occurred in the late 1860s. The third place incident was witnessed by a couple who had been trying to get a house built in the town of White Plains and their attempts to leave

The Crucible begins with a recreation of the event which set all the trials into motion. A group of Salem girls gathered in the woods. They sit around a kettle, and led by Tituba, a slave from Barbados, they dance, wishing for men that they love to fall in love with them. Parris stumbles upon the dancing girls, and two of the girls fall into a coma. Of course, witchcraft is suspected as the cause we later find out that if the girls say its not witchcraft, the will be hung. This fact is troubling to them, so they admit, and are not hung. They then realize that now they can accuse anyone of witchcraft, and they will not be second guessed.

Of course, this power is strong and an almost satanic sensation comes upon the girls. As Abigail now has this power, she knows what she wants to do. She yells and admits that she is under the control of Satan. Then, she starts yelling names of people she saw with the devil, and sign in the devils book. The rest of the girls know what she is doing, and they begin naming names as well. But, Abigail has a deeper motive and more emotionally misguided. She is in love with John Proctor who once had an affair with her. Proctors wife, is one of the names mentioned by Abigail. This proves that Abigail will do anything to get